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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review: Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers

Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers

BBC Radio 5 Live - Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers

Chloe Zhao, Kumail Nanjiani, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers

Chloe Zhao talks about new film Eternals, Thomasin McKenzie stars in Edgar Wright’s new film Last Night in Soho. Anna reviews Antlers, The Nowhere Inn, Blade, HP1 and Seven Samurai.

Chloe Zhao talks about her new film Eternals, Thomasin McKenzie tells us about starring in Edgar Wright’s new film.

Plus we have reviews of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone on its 20th Anniversary re-release; Antlers, set in an isolated Oregon town, about a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother who become embroiled with her enigmatic student, starring Jesse Plemons; Last Night In Soho, Edgar Wright’s film about an aspiring fashion designer who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer; Azor, about a private banker from Geneva who goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, who disappeared overnight; Sadie Frost’s documentary Quant, about the life and legacy of 1960s fashion icon, Mary Quant, which features Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood; Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa’s seminal film about a poor village attacked by bandits;  The Nowhere Inn, St. Vincent’s film in which she sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre; and the reissue of Blade, which stars Wesley Snipes as a half-vampire, half-mortal man who becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

Edith and Anna  also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’.

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